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dont think so.

they advertised it as a new starting race and starting area and new content for 70 and up.

WoW does the same thing. it keeps the mid level game from getting so spread out you cant find more than 3 or 4 people in any particular zone wile expansing the top.

its really the only way to do it. EQ1 is a perfect example of trying to add content through out the level spectrum. all it does is leave a whole lot of abandoned content through out the game and spread people out so thin that grouping is synonamous with rare drops.

Yes, for 20-65 it offers nothing. It gave us a new race (hence the new 1-20 area), the rest of the content was planned for high levels and raising the cap.

Ultimately, EQII will do the same. It took EQI a very long time to get to those 300+ zones, It is also one of my favourite elements of EQI, it's just plain huge, there is no way to see it all and do it all. Lots of people will enjoy it I suppose, but I just hate those bottleneck lvls in which you just have to do the same quests over again to level a new char.

It's the main reason why I just don't level a new char anymore, over lvl 20 and I just stop.

As a necro I can was soloing fine at lvl 65, although I noticed alot of other classes couldn't do it. It would seem the mobs in Kunark are all more difficult for their level then mobs in previous expansions. That is personally something I don't care much for. I mean a SOLO mob 2 levels above me can pretty much kill me in about 5 melee hits. I was soloing lvl 67ish mobs in EOF at lvl 62 and 63 with less difficulty.

I watched a lvl 70 bruiser with what looked like pretty good gear get down in the orange on health while soloing a single lvl 68 solo mob. SOE did the same thing with EQ1 though, I guess its no surprise. Heck with EQ1 you can't tank GROUP content hardly if you don't have 200+ AA's and a good chunk of raid gear, I hope eq2 doesn't turn out that way.

I also hope they quit raising the level cap so often. Its not like it keeps the hardcore players going anyways, heck there are all ready people hitting 80. Most of your hardcore players within 2 weeks will be 80 and bored anyways. They keep raising the cap its going to turn potential new players away. Eq1 has been out 6ish years longer and eq2 all ready has the same level cap.

The ghost town zones are the exact reason why I believe the next expansion SOE should be considering should be based very tightly on the concept of Lost Dungeons of Norrath. Adding new continents, starting zones, etc. does tend to spread the world a touch thin in size and scope. By implementing a LDoN style expansion they could go back to older zones that don't get much traffic and literally plop a new dungeon in place that scales to the level of the group members.

This way instead of zones turning into ghost towns they could suddenly be a hotbed for players of all levels.

Remember the good old days? 55 CLR LFG for LDoN NRo

LDON was alot of fun till it got nerfed with the release of Gates. SOE claims they didn't nerf it but alot of peopel agree they cut the exp by about half.

In any case the zones themselves was pretty boring, however it was the first use of instance zones. They was great to throw a quick group together for.

Far as EQ2 goes I don't see the need for it. There is plenty of Instance zones in eq2. I would like to see them hault the level cap increase for awhile though.

I agree, but it was however fast and steady xp for a while. With a decent group, it was fairly easy to clear out the instance, get about half or so of a bar xp (at lvl 45 or so, if I recall correctly, it's been a while) and even a bit of cash. It was always the same instance though, which got boring fast. And the one instance place (Ro) a paladin really benefited from getting points for (some sort of paladin version of temperance, I think) was extremely unpopular. It was always Butcherblock that got groups.

I hope EQII does not go that way, it isn't beneficial nor necessary. More fluid instances though, in the style of Nektropolis Castle, that I do hope for. It's just sad that it doesn't happen more, for instance with Unrest. (I know, I keep repeating this, but it is a true shame they didn't start this instance at lvl 40 or so, then build it up for a return at a higher lvl)

I personally don't care much for the new starting zone. Granted the quest rewards are great for the level, but the overall layout don't do much for me. I would be just as happy starting on newb island or perhaps darklight woods again. Darklight is probably the most entertaining of the newb starting zones IMO.